Swoape, 35, charged with rape
A local woman says she was raped repeatedly at knife point by her husband’s friend who was staying with the couple after he lost his home.
The suspect, Tim Bubba Swoape, 35, is charged with aggravated rape and is being held under $175,000 bond at Warren County Jail awaiting arraignment. He was taken into custody recently after warrants were issued for his arrest last month shortly following the alleged incident.
In the warrant against Swoape, the victim said her assailant had been staying at her home for about a week after he lost his trailer. She noted her husband was arrested earlier in the day and she and Swoape were sitting around her trailer, trying to figure out how to get her husband out of jail.
It was during the discussion, the victim said Swoape approached her with a veiled threat, telling her he had killed three girls because they turned him down for sex in the past. At that point, the victim said Swoape pulled a pocket knife.
“Bubba took out a pocket knife and put it to my throat,” the victim said. “He told me we were going to turn off all the lights and lock the doors like no one was home. He had me by the hair, leading me around doing this.”
The woman then described, in graphic detail, how her assailant allegedly forced her into numerous sex acts while still holding the knife. She also said her assailant slapped her several times during the hour-long attack.
The victim said she went to a neighbor’s house after Swoape left and then went to authorities to report the crime. She was later treated at the hospital.
If convicted on the charge of aggravated rape, Swoape could face 15 to 25 years in jail.